The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester
by Winchester, Simon
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester first published in 1998. The American edition is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and was published the same year. It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- Title
- The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 14th edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 006099486X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060994860
- Publisher
- New York: Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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